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During the launch of UN-Habitat’s 24th Governing Council, the UN-Habitat Global Housing Strategy held a side event entitled “A call for a Paradigm Shift in Policy”. The event aimed to advocate for a paradigm shift in policy and strategy formulation, based on the principles of human rights, gender responsiveness, and results based management. The presenters addressed the importance of adequate housing for all, with a focus on people living in poverty, and the need for governments to be active in improving conditions, not only in policy change but in effective implementation.
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How about a new type of public-private partnership?
I recently was in my home country of Sierra Leone where I conducted a study on housing. I was interested in knowing how the private market is doing and how the housing stock has improved since government's "liberalization" policies. For starters, unlike Uganda, Sierra Leone does not have much of a viable "private sector" when it comes to housing finance. Due to its prolonged conflict in the 90s, the person-per-room ratio in most cities has quadripled, and density in Freetown is unlike no where else, and many of the houses are in pretty... Read more

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The provision of affordable, sustainable and adequate housing is a crucial aspect of social integration within cities. Many cities and decision-makers are facing imminent challenges of housing rehabilitation in an array of contexts.
Urban growth and fast urbanization processes are occurring in developing countries. In the process of rising urbanization and increasing housing demand, many cities are moving towards a state of deterioration, overcrowding, lacking of basic services, and becoming unable to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse community. Inaction, particularly within the inner... Read more

If a factory unit was set up to build the parts of the sructure to European standards then it can shipped out to what ever country it is needed. The ground preperation can be done in advance as most of the machinery for this task can be found all over the world. The building can be made to run it's self with the use of solar or wind power for electric and the use of bore holes for water. This can be done in most countries where the slums are as they usually exist by water source's, but each build would have to be looked at in it's own right. This would make a very good use of the aid budget... Read more

Some of the latest policies in terms of safety in the cities include the recovery or creation of public places as centers of interaction that enhance the security of the inhabitants by avoiding social exclusion. Cities tend to leave aside the “undesirables” reinforcing the idea of danger and fear; it seems that we are living in fragmented cities where gated communities and segregation are part of our daily lives emphasizing economic and social inequalities. Nonetheless, some local governments have allocated resources to reverse this effect through participatory planning, which leads to the... Read more

Following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration in 2000, world leaders committed to <<achieve significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020>> (Target 7-D of the Millennium Development Goals).
Globally an estimated 227 million people have moved out of slum conditions between the years 2000 and 2010, yet their numbers continue to grow. In quantitative figures, the target was reached more than a decade prior to the official deadline, however, in reality, new slums are constantly being formed. Consequently, the sheer amount of... Read more

Dear partners, colleagues and friends,
The Global Housing Strategy (GHS) has progressed very positively during 2012. The GHS Network has welcomed over one thousand (1000) network members in a little over 4 months.
We are pleased to have received feedback through the social media from GHS Network members responding to our surveys. We also engaged with many partners at several international events including the World Urban Forum in Naples, the "Making Slums History" international conference in Rabat, and AfriCities in Dakar.
Based on the positive and rich feedback and inputs you have provided,... Read more

UN-Habitat’s Housing & Slum Upgrading Branch (HSUB) was recently invited to give a plenary presentation at the Social Media Strategies Summit in London, England. With more than 2.4 billion Internet users, including more than 175 million on LinkedIn(a professional social network site) and more than 800 million unique users per month on Youtube, social media is an ever increasing presence in all our lives.
In the past communication tended to interrupt our stakeholders, be expensive and one way. Now, with social media, communication can be at the convenience of our stakeholders, and it’s... Read more